Hi, I have a Foxsat HDR. It's one of the early 2009 models.
I have just bought a Cambridge Audio Minx TV Pedestal Soundbar which has Optical, 3.5mm analogue and RCA (phono) inputs.
I'm having problems setting up the sound and was seeking advice.
My HDR connects to the TV via HDMI, then I feed optical from the TV to the Minx. Everything works great. The TV doesn't allow me to control the volume of the optical connection, so I use a balance between the Minx volume and the HDR volume to get the right level.
My TV has a terrestrial aerial connection for when the weather is bad and the Satellite signal is dodgy.
If I boot the HDR, then the Minx, then the TV everything is fine, but the TV doesn't like me turning the HDR on first as it then requires me to turn off the TV and on again, so I end up turning the TV on first, then the HDR, then the Minx. It's all a palaver.
If I turn on the TV and Minx before the HDR has completed booting the sound from the Minx is deafening because the volume coming from the Optical port direct from the TV is extremely loud (about 3 times louder than via the HDR).
Okay, so I then joined the HDR and Minx via the Optical, but I don't get any sound at all from BBC1 HD and BBC2 HD. Everything else is fine.
So, I tried connecting the 3.5mm jack cable from the headphone port on the TV to the 3.5mm jack port on the minx and I get a loud buzzing noise, so that isn't it either.
I don't have left & right RCA cables to try, but assume that these will give me the same result as using optical.
The only solution I can think of at present is to unplug the terrestrial aerial cable from the TV, so if it is turned on first it doesn't lock onto a station and therefore shouldn't pump out any (deafening) sound.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a life or death problem. I am just interested to hear if anyone out there has any better solutions they may be able to offer.
Thanks for your time.
Nige